Appeal No. 1996-3706
Application 07/854,921
other screens containing such data, and are thus "mutually
coupled."
However, we agree with Appellant that there is no
suggestion or recognition by Conrad of independent and
dependent variables or relationships between the variables as
recited in the last two subparagraphs of claim 1. Even if the
Examiner's allegation that it was common knowledge that graphs
and charts display relationships between independent and
dependent variables is accepted as fact, this does not provide
a disclosure of the claimed requisite visual changes of all
array presentations or the user changes to determine the
relationship among variables.
Therefore, we reverse the rejection of claims 1-14
under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as anticipated by Conrad.
As regards claim 17, we agree with Appellant that
Conrad does not disclose the limitation of the accessing
criteria being a user selected format of the second
presentation. We do not agree with the Examiner that this is
taught as being a feature of the linked list. The disclosure
of Conrad is devoid of any disclosure that accessing criteria
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